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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bao Qin enjoy about her experience at Junior High?
(a) Homely tasks.
(b) Music lessons.
(c) Reading and writing.
(d) Sports.

2. What was Fang-Yu busy with while De-hong was being incarcerated?
(a) The sale of Dr. Xia's medical practice.
(b) A research project with Dr. Xia.
(c) A long-needed vacation to air her lungs and return her health.
(d) Destroying all documents that would connect her with the Kuomintang.

3. What does Fang-Yu do to make a meal for her daughter?
(a) Sells jewlery to buy food to cook.
(b) Begs food off the street.
(c) Gleans rice from the fields to cook.
(d) Steals food from a neighbor.

4. What does Chang Shou-yu overhear in a conversation that he is torn about reporting?
(a) Two men saying Mao should be replaced.
(b) Two men discussing complaints about the Communist ruling.
(c) A woman asking a man to take her on as his concubine and feed her children.
(d) A woman asking another woman to give her a secret abortion.

5. Why did De-hong live with her parents after her transfer instead of her husband?
(a) Married couples were only allowed to be together on Saturdays.
(b) The Communist party only allowed a certain number of people to be in one home.
(c) Wang Yu was not transferred and had to stay in Yibin.
(d) They were considering a divorce at the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mao do to "smoke out the dissidents"?

2. What does Dr. Xia's oldest son do after his father beats him for being disrespectful about Yu-Fang?

3. Who allows De-hong to read novels, attend the cinema, and wear colored blouses under her uniform?

4. How old was Wang Yu when his father died?

5. What did the letter to Yu-Fang from General Xue's wife say?

(see the answer key)

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